I applied for a 3-week leave and today is my last day at work.
I'm going to make full use of these 2 weeks prior to the wedding to rest, relax and appear as a beautiful bride on 28 May. Also, to catch up on the last-minute preparations!
It feels SHIOK that I don't have to work for the upcoming weeks!!!!!!!!
Friday, May 13, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Sisters Meeting Part I
Arranged to meet up with Yen Ling and Ivy to run them through the program for 28 May, passed them the invite cards and handed them the t-shirts and skirts for the sisters' attire. Yen Ling was also helping me to pass the rest of the invite cards to the TMAP people.
Yen Ling will be in Bangkok on the 18th so she won't be able to meet up with the rest of the sisters whereas dear Ms Ivy See got the date mixed up so she will try to rush down to join us after her prior appointment.
It was no easy feat to coordinate a meet-up with so many people, thinking of a conducive venue and doing up a detailed program rundown. I'm guilty of killing tons of trees doing the rundown.
We discussed the program and informed them that I need their help at the reception table for the evening. As there are about 14 TMAP people coming for the dinner, I have split Rui Lian and Angeline to be at the Borneo Motors table while Yen Ling and Ivy will be together with my pri and sec school friends.
I'm glad that all of them are very accomodating on the seating arrangement to understand my difficult position.
So, I had a dry run for the sisters meeting. I hope all of us will be able to come up with great ideas for the gate crashing next week!
Yen Ling will be in Bangkok on the 18th so she won't be able to meet up with the rest of the sisters whereas dear Ms Ivy See got the date mixed up so she will try to rush down to join us after her prior appointment.
It was no easy feat to coordinate a meet-up with so many people, thinking of a conducive venue and doing up a detailed program rundown. I'm guilty of killing tons of trees doing the rundown.
We discussed the program and informed them that I need their help at the reception table for the evening. As there are about 14 TMAP people coming for the dinner, I have split Rui Lian and Angeline to be at the Borneo Motors table while Yen Ling and Ivy will be together with my pri and sec school friends.
I'm glad that all of them are very accomodating on the seating arrangement to understand my difficult position.
So, I had a dry run for the sisters meeting. I hope all of us will be able to come up with great ideas for the gate crashing next week!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Photographers
Joe notified Henry that he wouldn't be able to help us on our Actual Day. Instead, Raymond and Andrew will be the ones doing the photo shoot.
He will compensate us with additional 50 photos for our album. Henry was ok with the arrangement but I was rather unhappy over it.
We signed the package and informed him on our wedding date beginning this year so why was there a sudden change at the last minute which added on more problems amid our busy preparation?
I could not come to terms with it.
I decided to call him up to give him a piece of my mind. We talked and I got to understand that it was due to a change in another couple's wedding date. Hence, Joe and Raymond had to split. Raymond and Andrew will be doing ours whereas Joe is holding the fort at the other couple's. He's currently searching for another partner to help him out for that.
And because the other couple requested Joe to do the photo shoot and editing for them, we had to compromise. What kind of reasoning is that?
Joe sounded very apologetic over the phone and he could not accede to stick to the original plan no matter how many times I asked.
I insisted on having Joe to do it because I thought we have a better chemistry with him, compared to Raymond.
We ran through the program together and realised that our timing is over-stretched by about 1.5hours. Joe mentioned that the photographers have to go off no later than 1pm in order for them to edit the photos and put together the photo montage for the dinner. Hence, we tried to shorten some timings but it still exceeded by 2 hours, from the time they come during my makeup at 5am to 1pm.
Joe had no choice but not to charge us for it as a form of compensation to us.
In the end, Raymond will be shooting me while Andrew, who is more experienced in shooting the grooms, will do his job at Henry's.
We have also arranged a meet-up with Raymond next Tuesday to finalise the program, inform him of our request and most importantly, build bonds.
He will compensate us with additional 50 photos for our album. Henry was ok with the arrangement but I was rather unhappy over it.
We signed the package and informed him on our wedding date beginning this year so why was there a sudden change at the last minute which added on more problems amid our busy preparation?
I could not come to terms with it.
I decided to call him up to give him a piece of my mind. We talked and I got to understand that it was due to a change in another couple's wedding date. Hence, Joe and Raymond had to split. Raymond and Andrew will be doing ours whereas Joe is holding the fort at the other couple's. He's currently searching for another partner to help him out for that.
And because the other couple requested Joe to do the photo shoot and editing for them, we had to compromise. What kind of reasoning is that?
Joe sounded very apologetic over the phone and he could not accede to stick to the original plan no matter how many times I asked.
I insisted on having Joe to do it because I thought we have a better chemistry with him, compared to Raymond.
We ran through the program together and realised that our timing is over-stretched by about 1.5hours. Joe mentioned that the photographers have to go off no later than 1pm in order for them to edit the photos and put together the photo montage for the dinner. Hence, we tried to shorten some timings but it still exceeded by 2 hours, from the time they come during my makeup at 5am to 1pm.
Joe had no choice but not to charge us for it as a form of compensation to us.
In the end, Raymond will be shooting me while Andrew, who is more experienced in shooting the grooms, will do his job at Henry's.
We have also arranged a meet-up with Raymond next Tuesday to finalise the program, inform him of our request and most importantly, build bonds.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Getting ready.
I have packed and moved some of the daily necessities, clothes and slippers to Henry's house yesterday. As I did the packing the night before, it struck me that I have only less than a month's time staying in my home of 17 years.
Everyone is getting ready for the arrival of the Big Day. Mommy just had her hair dyed and highlighted yesterday and she has also helped in preparing for the Betrothal Day next Sunday.
Sister Daisy is helping out to decide the Sisters outfit (yes, I know it has been decided quite some time back) on whether to go ahead with jeans or skirts from Uncle's shop. The thing is, Uncle doesn't have 8 pieces of the same designs! So I might get Daisy to buy them in BKK when she goes for a 2-day trip this coming Thursday.
She has also recce-ed for a very affordable mani & pedi shop at Pearl's Centre that does great nail art, with everything at the amazing price of $38, all-inclusive. Downside is that the male manicurist can't take all 4 appointments at one go. Hence, Daisy has to go on 26 May, Mommy and I will go on 27 May morning and Jasmine to follow suit after ours.
Everyone is getting ready for the arrival of the Big Day. Mommy just had her hair dyed and highlighted yesterday and she has also helped in preparing for the Betrothal Day next Sunday.
Sister Daisy is helping out to decide the Sisters outfit (yes, I know it has been decided quite some time back) on whether to go ahead with jeans or skirts from Uncle's shop. The thing is, Uncle doesn't have 8 pieces of the same designs! So I might get Daisy to buy them in BKK when she goes for a 2-day trip this coming Thursday.
She has also recce-ed for a very affordable mani & pedi shop at Pearl's Centre that does great nail art, with everything at the amazing price of $38, all-inclusive. Downside is that the male manicurist can't take all 4 appointments at one go. Hence, Daisy has to go on 26 May, Mommy and I will go on 27 May morning and Jasmine to follow suit after ours.
Emcees
We are getting desperating in asking friends to be our emcees for the dinner ever since Yiqian and Xiao Fen could not make it due to the devastating unforeseen circumstance.
Henry seeked the help of 2 of his good female friends a couple of weeks ago. Nothing has been confirmed with the pressing dateline and after incessant naggings from me, I approached them directly only to find out that they thought Henry was joking with them!
In the end, after some consideration, they decided that it's better to pass on the chance to others instead. Same for another set of Henry's colleagues who rejected us nicely.
Previously, we thought of another candidate - Henry's colleague - who offered her help in becoming our emcee but before we could ask her, she texted Henry to inform that she can't make it to our wedding. T.T
And so, the emcee-hunting task has to start all over again. We decided to ask both sides of our friends to get a faster and higher positive response.
Henry approached another 2 female colleagues whom were "forced" to say yes tentatively. While I seek the help from my primary school friends, Jasmine and Hui Han.
Both of them warned me that they have stage fright and afraid they might not do a good job. However, I assured that I have a script for them and believe that their chemistry would be able to alleviate the fear.
Finally! I received the good news from Jasmine that both of them will be able to help out! Another mind-boggling task off our list. I must now work on the emcee script and run through with them.
My heartfelt thanks to both of them...
Henry seeked the help of 2 of his good female friends a couple of weeks ago. Nothing has been confirmed with the pressing dateline and after incessant naggings from me, I approached them directly only to find out that they thought Henry was joking with them!
In the end, after some consideration, they decided that it's better to pass on the chance to others instead. Same for another set of Henry's colleagues who rejected us nicely.
Previously, we thought of another candidate - Henry's colleague - who offered her help in becoming our emcee but before we could ask her, she texted Henry to inform that she can't make it to our wedding. T.T
And so, the emcee-hunting task has to start all over again. We decided to ask both sides of our friends to get a faster and higher positive response.
Henry approached another 2 female colleagues whom were "forced" to say yes tentatively. While I seek the help from my primary school friends, Jasmine and Hui Han.
Both of them warned me that they have stage fright and afraid they might not do a good job. However, I assured that I have a script for them and believe that their chemistry would be able to alleviate the fear.
Finally! I received the good news from Jasmine that both of them will be able to help out! Another mind-boggling task off our list. I must now work on the emcee script and run through with them.
My heartfelt thanks to both of them...
Friday, May 6, 2011
Mini photo album
I was so glad that I look through my booking invoices with di Gio, trying to look for the dimensions of our portrait for our wedding coordinator at Swissotel. Because..... I realised we have been shortchanged for a mini album which was included in the list of items when we signed up for their package at Her World Bridal Show.
This mini album, however, was not listed in our invoices. It's a duplicate of all the 38 photos in the size of 4R or 5R. I contacted May but it was her off day so I got the help of her colleague who asked me to email the piece of paper we got from Jesline (our very first coordinator from di Gio who MIA-ed later) to her.
After verifying, she confirmed with us that we can collect the mini album the same time we pick up our gowns and suits! Yeah!
This mini album, however, was not listed in our invoices. It's a duplicate of all the 38 photos in the size of 4R or 5R. I contacted May but it was her off day so I got the help of her colleague who asked me to email the piece of paper we got from Jesline (our very first coordinator from di Gio who MIA-ed later) to her.
After verifying, she confirmed with us that we can collect the mini album the same time we pick up our gowns and suits! Yeah!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Leave
I have applied for 16 days of leave from 16 May - 7 June!
Due to the stupid policy of the company, I had to apply for about 8 days of no-pay leave and I'm will not be entitled to matrimonial leave ;(
Nevertheless, I'm taking 2 weeks prior to the big day to prep myself mentally and physically. This is also for the last-minute loose ends that might need some tightening.
Due to the stupid policy of the company, I had to apply for about 8 days of no-pay leave and I'm will not be entitled to matrimonial leave ;(
Nevertheless, I'm taking 2 weeks prior to the big day to prep myself mentally and physically. This is also for the last-minute loose ends that might need some tightening.
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